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MAN WAS INSTALLING A LOADING SHORT ARM ON LOADER AND THIS PIECE HE DROPPED ON HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
PIECE OF ROCK 2"X4"X1/8" FELL FROM ROOF & HIT MAN ON END OF NOSE RESULTING IN CUT 5/4" LONG. THIS OCCURED WHILE BOLTING.
WHILE SETTING BOLT ROCK FELL 2X6X8 AND HIT BOLTER OPERATORS RIGHT INDEX FINGER AGAINST BOLTER HEAD. FINGER WAS X RAYED NO FRACTURE DISOLATIONS OR INTERNAL DANAGED FOUND. AESO NO CUT WERE PRESE NT MAN MISSED ONE DAY OF WORK FOR OBSERVATION.
AREA FELL DUE TO WATER IN ROOF WATER CAME WITHER AFTER FALL. OTHER AREA AROUND ALSO SHOVEL WATER AFTER FALL. AREA HAS BEEN CRIBBED AND SECTION IS BEING MOVED FROM AREA. FALL ACCURRED OUTBY DUMPING POINT ON BELT ENTRY AT INTERSECTION 6 BOOLTS HAD BEEN USED.
FALL OCCURRED DUE TO RIDER COAL SEAM AT ANCHORAGE LEVEL. LOCATION WAS IN RETURN AIRWAY, 4800 FEET FROM ACTIVE SECTION. AIR WAS NOT RESTRICTED. NO PERSON OR EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED. OTHER AR EA WHERE BOLTS WERE USED HAS BEEN CRIBBED.